'Division potential' in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5971-5976

  Donachie, W D ^a,b   Begg, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029814917     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5971-5976.1996     Document Type: Article

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